Very Cool!!!

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Blistering performances.

Yes this tale unfolded with a methodically slow narrative with intermittent splashes of scenes that make one start but it does not satisfy the viewer with a clear cut explanation of the preceeding seemingly ceaseless turmoil, pandamonium, yet above the din of the main plot ensued the reticulate threads that serve to perhaps "hint" or intimate the powerful undercurrent surging faster than the actual plot we see develop before us. I personally feel this is a story that wants to expose the hypocricy, the absurdity, the injustice of this academic institution. The girls firstly, were getting their periods at the same time, then they begin to faint by the by most of them, at the same time yet the older "mature" adult figures do not suffer from these ailments. But what they do suffer from is the "refractory" uniqueness, vitality, virility, and everything that stands for youth, The Matrons lofty aims crave indolence, self-aggrandizement, self-righteousness, indignation, anything that forces them to "work" or think outside the box, god forbid they see these girls delicately or outright eclipse them in any aspect of their lives. So they maintain this authoritarian rule under the yoke of their self-gratified hatred misplaced sadly upon the students as an easy effigy. This is why it did not happen to other students, it is because their souls had already been crushed "as good students who care about their future should", thusly their precious youths were extrapolated from them without a chance, so what you have are young students assuming the role of an adult to ingratiate themselves with their superiors, or slave-masters. There is no satisfying ending, we can only guess that the protagonist will be OK, that she can overcome, we are not privy as in a novel to a 20 year leap into the continuity of her life, no it ends harshly and stark like it began, but where the idea, the unique tale , the crafty stylistic writing subsists is where the heart of the tale presides over the abstract beginning and the so called "un-satisfying" ending, the soul, and it is beautiful. I thought it was a brave and triumphant attempt at telling it how it is, but in a more artistic way with the vehicles it chose it only showcases the raw talent of the writer/director... I would love to see more work from this highly intelligent super creative person.

Set in a small all-girl school in 1969, this film is centred on pupil Lydia Lamont who is virtually inseparable from her best friend Abbie Mortimer. Lydia is not too impressed when Abbie announces that she has started having sex. It soon emerges that Abbie is pregnant and the girls discuss what she should do but then Abbie collapses and dies. Not long after that Lydia faints at school; she isn't the last girl to faint; soon most of the pupils are collapsing as well as a young member of staff. The school authorities have no idea what to do; are the girls all faking it? Is it a case of mass hysteria? Or is there a medical cause? While this is going on Lydia starts to explore her own sexuality and ultimately learns why her mother hasn't left the house for sixteen years.After hearing some very positive reviews I was a little surprised to see the film's low score and poor reviews here… having seen the film I was less surprised. Personally I thought it was really good but can understand why others wouldn't. If you want an explanation for what is going on you will be disappointed. Writer/director Carol Morley does a great job creating a disturbing atmosphere; nothing really scary happens but there is a general sense of unease and a feeling that something could happen. Sixteen year old Maisie Williams does a brilliant job as the troubled Lydia; it helps that she is the same age as her character. The rest of the cast are impressive too; notably Maxine Peake as Lydia's cold, almost indifferent mother. Overall I thought this was something special, one of those films one keeps thinking about after it has finished, so would certainly recommend it to anybody looking for something rather different; it certainly won't be for everybody though.

The premise surrounding The Falling is intriguing. At an all-girls school in 1969, students fall faint following an on-campus tragedy. The fainting spells don't last long, but since fainting is hardly a contagious disorder, the underlying cause is unknown. Worse - and unsurprisingly - most of the non-fainters believe that the girls are faking their episodes.Interesting idea, right? The plot centers on the friendship between troubled, stressed Lydia (Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones) and golden girl Abbie (Florence Pugh). Lydia lives with her hasn't-left-home-in-16-years mother and her brother Kenneth.So what went wrong? Let me count the ways. 1) The reason for the fainting, i.e., the premise of the film, is never satisfactorily explained. Heck, by the final twenty minutes the fainting is an afterthought. 2) There's a shocking subplot that rears its head late in the movie that disappears a couple of scenes later, seemingly unrelated to the fainting. 3) Rather than explore why the girls are becoming ill, the movie focuses on the fact that no one believes them, going as far as putting all of them in the hospital to be physically and psychologically grilled, apparently in an attempt to break them. 4) The relationship between Lydia and her agoraphobic mom simmers near the boiling point for much of the film, erupts once, and then is halfheartedly explained away.Watch this movie (at your own peril) and see if you can figure out why everyone's fainting, or even if they in fact really are. There are hints of supernatural activity - isolated school, scenes in which the girls hold hands in a ring, a la occult worship, a forbidding lake - but it's never clear if any of these aspects has anything to do whatsoever with the girls' maladies. Oh, in case you didn't know, this is also a coming-of-age movie, as so many of them set in girls-only schools are. Perhaps the fainting is a rite of passage into womanhood? Unless you have exceedingly low expectations, you cannot watch this movie and be satisfied by its conclusion. The cast tries hard, and can you believe Greta Scacchi (Shattered, Presumed Innocent) plays the headmistress? Shades of Suspiria. But the direction and editing (particularly microsecond-brief "visions") are the stuff of nonsense.

Whilst taking a look on Youtube at trailers for upcoming movies I stumbled on a review by British critic Mark "big hands" Kermode on a stylish-looking Supernatural Drama.Walking home a few weeks later,I decided to take a look in a local second hand DVD store,and I was delighted to spot the official DVD being sold for only £2! Which led to me getting ready to fall into the falling.The plot-England 1969:Desperate to get away from her single, agoraphobic mum, Lydia starts to develop a close friendship with Abbie,who gets up to mischievous activities at the all-girls school with Lydia.Whilst Lydia is nervous around boys,Abbie dives right in,and ends up getting pregnant. As Abbie and Lydia try to keep the pregnancy hidden at the school,they both start to suffer from a fainting spell.Hit by a strong case of the fainting spell,the still-pregnant Abbie dies on the school floor in a coma-like state. Grieving over Abbie's death,Lydia starts to explore the power from her mysterious fainting,as the fainting spell spreads across the entire school.View on the film:Backed by a shimmering acoustic indie score from Tracey Thorn,writer/director Carol Morley & cinematographer Agnès Godard give the film (produced by Luc "son of Nic" Roeg) a lush supernatural green which is rubbed up against the rising damp of the late '60s.Splicing subliminal images into the title, Morley touches on the supernatural with a real delicacy,as light greens and deep river blues surrounding the girls gives the fainting spell a magical, rustic quality,which also subtly connects to the loss of childhood for Lydia.As a fainting epidemic covers the school,Morley keeps Lydia's home life firmly grounded,with each room being covered in dour wallpaper and thick clouds of cigarette smoke,which Lydia tries to escape from by curling up in claustrophobic corners of the rooms.Staying away from overtly stepping into Horror territory,Morley brilliantly uses the supernatural element in the screenplay to give the movie a deeply unsettling atmosphere,thanks to the mass fainting heightening the grief that Lydia is gripped by,which slowly covers the school in a psychologically horrific mass hysteria.For the central relationship between Lydia & Abbie,Morley entwines the girls in a fragile,obsessive bond,as Abbie's exploration of her sexuality presses down on Lydia's fear of loneliness.Cast adrift by the loss of Abbie, (played by a superb Florence Pugh) Morley makes the tough rules of Lydia's (played by a powerfully raw Maisie Williams) school open up the raw nerves of Lydia's grief,thanks to the closed emotions sending Lydia's fear and terror across the school like a magik myth,whose spell is cast in a hauntingly ambiguous final note by Morley,as the school falls into the falling.